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Evelyn O’Rourke collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00582
Scope and Contents
The Evelyn O'Rourke collection consists of negatives and photographs of the Wat Po Buddhist temple in Thailand. The photographs are of carvings of the temple doors, stupas (Buddhist memorial structures) and Buddhist statues. The negatives are of monks in the Temple, decorative art, women making rubbings of decorative art and the Wat Po Temple.
Dates:
1957
Harold W. Byram papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.9
Scope and Contents
These papers consist of two journals and a leaflet written by Byram that deal with Michigan State University International Projects. One of the journals and the leaflet are on a project in Guatemala and the other journal is on a project in Thailand. The rest of the papers are materials dealing with the field of education. These materials include an article written by Byram for the Michigan Farmer (never published) entitled "Historical Sketch of...
Dates:
1944 - 1971
Raleigh Barlowe papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.190
Scope and Contents
The Raleigh Barlowe papers contain professional and personal correspondence. Also included are publications by Barlowe on land use, land taxation, agriculture land, water use, water rights, outdoor recreations and valuations of land for the Indian Claims Commission. There are also trip reports including an end-of-tour report for the Michigan State University-University of Nigeria project, as well as travel reports for Rome, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Philippines. There are also...
Dates:
1943 - 1986
Robert Frantz papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00568
Scope and Contents
The papers of Robert Frantz are travel narratives from trips he and his wife Sarah took in 1953 and 1956. The narratives describe the countries they visited, what they saw and did, how they traveled, whom they met, and his thoughts. The "Mediterranean Journey 1953" describes the Frantz's travels to Spain, France, Italy, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, and Greece. During their "World Journey 1956," they visited Hawaii, Japan, China, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey,...
Dates:
1953, 1956
Stanley Andrews papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.268
Scope and Contents
The papers of Stanley Andrews consist of reports about U.S. International Cooperation Administration programs in South Vietnam, Ethiopia, Jordan, Pakistan, Taiwan, Philippines, and Thailand.
Dates:
undated
Thailand Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.7
Scope and Contents
Records of the Thailand Project include a large amount of correspondence between alumni, professors, and education officials in Thailand with administrators and members of the "back-up" team at Michigan State University, as well as some from various American and international agencies connected with the project. Records document the development of the three-party contract to begin the project; and preliminary, official University, consultant, and miscellaneous reports document the progress...
Dates:
1950 - 1970
William B. Drew papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.135
Scope and Contents
The William B. Drew collection consists of materials from Drew’s Cinchona mission in Ecuador, reports about the effects of herbicide in South Vietnam, reports about swidden (slash and burn) to forest in Thailand, and the essay “History of the Botany and Plant Pathology Department from 1945-1973.” In this essay Drew writes about his time as a professor and head of the department and describes events in the department as well as faculty members. The collection also includes MSU...
Dates:
1943 - 2005